How To Install sprai on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sprai
on Debian 11.
What is sprai
sprai is:
Sprai is a tool to correct sequencing errors in single-pass reads for de novo assembly. It is originally designed for correcting sequencing errors in single-molecule DNA sequencing reads, especially in Continuous Long Reads (CLRs) generated by PacBio RS sequencers. The goal of Sprai is not maximizing the accuracy of error-corrected reads. Instead, Sprai aims at maximizing the continuity (i.e., N50 contig length) of assembled contigs after error correction.
There are three methods to install sprai
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install sprai Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sprai
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sprai
Install sprai Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sprai
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sprai
Install sprai Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install sprai
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sprai
How To Uninstall sprai on Debian 11
To uninstall only the sprai
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sprai
Uninstall sprai And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sprai
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sprai
Remove sprai Configurations and Data
To remove sprai
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sprai
Remove sprai configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sprai
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sprai
Dependencies
sprai have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sprai
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.